GeForce RTX 5070 vs RTX 4070

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 1 year and 9 months older RTX RTX 4070 that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 GB GDDR7
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
93.4
(Very good)
Value Index
40.8
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 over RTX 5070
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070
  • Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 106 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 672 vs 504 GB/s
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
197
140
130
97
172
115
102
79
The Witcher 3
216
183
131
71
194
159
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
293
210
160
81
272
205
149
81
Far Cry 6
164
145
128
82
149
133
115
68
Hogwarts Legacy
140
117
92
51
117
97
77
39
CoD: Modern Warfare III
178
171
136
89
149
145
107
69
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
89
58
106
88
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
164
144
99
43
129
119
75
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
253
238
189
98
211
190
145
80
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 192 167
1080p Ultra 162 139
1440p Ultra 128 106
4K Ultra 74 62
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 5070 +28%
23223
18089
Time Spy 22708 17799
Solar Bay 107004 82861
Port Royal 14498 11156
Fire Strike 58324 44067
Wild Life Extreme 43879 35472
Night Raid 172064 153385
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 5070 +14%
190967
167522
Background Blur 254.4 img/sec 233 img/sec
Face Detection 180.6 img/sec 141.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 7.91 Gpixels/sec 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.2 Gpixels/sec 9.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 10.7 Gpixels/sec 9.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.84 Gpixels/sec 1.78 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 975.7 Gpixels/sec 845.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 27816.5 FPS 25043.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
n/a
18051

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5070 +7%
28651
26856
G2D Mark 1289 1165
DirectX 11 279 FPS 243 FPS
DirectX 12 106 FPS 103 FPS
GPU Compute 14323 Ops/s 14561 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 23210 & 20710 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5070 +13%
6109.17
5387.27
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1904 & 3020 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu)Cinebench 202418051

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 5070 +11%
30221
27166
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5070 +29%
53037
40963
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5070 +15%
23474
20332
Image Classification (SP) 12270 10246
Image Segmentation (HP) 30237 26153
Image Super Resolution (Q) 35585 32054
Face Detection (HP) 62662 51337
Pose Estimation (Q) 145190 124617
Text Classification (SP) 4198 3703
Machine Translation (HP) 6233 5484
Object Detection (SP) 16709 13134
Depth Estimation (Q) 58300 50548
Style Transfer (SP) 246598 263477
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 4070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 April 13, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB205-300 AD104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 9070 - Radeon RX 7900 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 30th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2160 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost Clock 2512 MHz 2475 MHz
Shading Units 6144 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 192 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 48 46
Tensor Cores 192 184
Ray-tracing Cores 48 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 36MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 GPixel/s 158 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTexel/s 455 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5070 +6%
30.9 TFLOPS
29.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 200 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 263 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor Count 31.1 billion 35 billion
Transistor Density 118.25 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5070 +33%
672 GB/s
504 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a

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